Skype popping up on top of full screen games.

I am having an issue with Skype and hoping to get a solution. I've read several posts here but they were all, while similar, different from the issue I seem to be having.
Any time I'm playing Smite or World of Warcraft (or any game when I'm in fullscreen) and on a call on Skype.. the chat window for that skype call will randomly appear on top of my game I'm playing fullscreen in. In essence causing me to lose control of my character for a few seconds until I can click back into the correct window to put it back on top.
It happens when I'm on a call (we use skype to communicate while we play games) but nothing seems to prompt it. No one new was added to the call, no one typed in the chat. No one new came online, etc.
I've tried setting myself to DND, I've tried turning off all notifications. I tried setting the priority for skype lower than the game I'm playing in Task Manager. I don't know what else to do.
This doesn't happen to any of the people who are on the same call and in the same game as me when it happens.
Anyone have any ideas?

I made some changes (navto://), but yesterday my folio completely disappeared in Content Viewer (iPad) and can't get it back. I need to fix this first and will let you know if my buttons are working.
Edit: figured out why my folio disappeared. By accident I gave two articles the same name. No error message but it made the folio disappear completely.

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